#6c509b

Color #6c509b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#6c509b

RGB

rgb(108, 80, 155)

HSL

hsl(262.4, 31.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.4, 48.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(40.07, 28.34, -36.85)

LCH

lch(40.07, 46.49, 307.56)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.1186, 299.27)

HWB

hwb(262.4, 31.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f9b50

Analogous

#505a9b

#6c509b

#92509b

Triadic

#6c509b

#9b6c50

#509b6c

Split-complementary

#6c509b

#9b9250

#5a9b50

Tetradic

#6c509b

#9b507f

#7f9b50

#509b6c

Square

#6c509b

#9b505a

#7f9b50

#509b92

Shades

Color #6c509b mixed toward black.

#5a4381

#483567

#36284e

#241b34

#120d1a

Tints

Color #6c509b mixed toward white.

#8368b1

#9c86c1

#b5a4d0

#cdc3e0

#e6e1ef

Tones

Color #6c509b mixed toward gray.

#6e5695

#6f5d8f

#716388

#726982

#746f7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61618d · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#63658a · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#6b817e · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c509b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c509b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6c509b (#6c509b) is rgb(108, 80, 155) in RGB.

No, #6c509b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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